Hi friends welcome back to a new class. Thank you for watching our lessons, taking the test,
scoring well and thank you for all your lovely compliments. Well, Its very overwhelming,
It's very motivating. In today's lesson. We are going to take a look at two simple words.
Those that we use daily Along and Alongside. There is a very small difference between the
two and I'm sure they are pretty confusing at times. As an when to use along and when
to use alongside?
So well, let's take a look. Let's take a look at how we use along first, we use along when
you want to say in a line. Something is in a line, so for example, If I tell you there
are three shops along the main street. That means shop 1, shop 2, shop 3 and this is what
I mean. In a line next to each other, I used the word along. That means along next to each
other in a line. That is when we use along, you cannot say alongside, because that has
a different meaning. The next example, I saw four boats along the bank of the river. Now
imagine there are four boats along the bank of a river. Again in a line next to each other,
so I saw four boats alongside, well that would also not be wrong but has a little different
meaning. But when you want to say something is in a line next to each other. It is always
better to use the word along. I hope this part is clear to you? When things are in a
line, we use along.
Sometimes your friends tell you, Why are you sitting home? Come along with us. Now when
they tell you come along with us, It doesn't mean a line, you don't follow them in a line.
It means come together with us. So here along means together with, that means join us. Sometimes
you tell your mother, when she's going to the grocery, I'll come along with you. We
can have some good company, I'll be some good company to you, so that means you tell her
I'll come along with you that means you will go together with your mother. So this is another
way of using along in a sentence. In my next example, They are getting their bikes along,
so we can ride to the market. Now if you see, when I say they are getting their bikes along
again they're not coming in a line, they're not riding in a line. But here it means that
they are bringing it with them. So if you see the last two sentences, we are talking
about verbs of motion. Verbs of motion where there is movement. Like here when I say come
along, I'm asking you to join me. Be it walking or by bus, but basically the verbs of motion.
Likewise even here, they're getting their bikes. It's a verb of motion, they're riding
and coming. So that time you can use along to say together with.
So this is how you use along in a sentence. One when you want to say something is in a
line next to each other or second when you want to say come together with us or let's
go together, so come along, let's go along. And that's the time when you use it for verbs
of motion. Now let's take a look at, How to use alongside in a sentence? Well, alongside
is little similar to along in the sense that it means close beside or next to, so there
you actually mean next to or close beside. So my first example, The trees alongside the
fence were damaged. Well they were damaged maybe by the storm or by the wind. The trees
alongside, now here I mean next to the fence or beside the fence, close beside the fence.
If I say the trees along the fence? No that means they were in a straight line. But here
I'm not concerned about them being in a straight line. It's about being close to the fence,
so when I say the trees next to the fence. I mean alongside the fence, so here I mean
to say next to.
Let's take a look at the next sentence, Park your car alongside mine. Can I say park your
car along mine? No, It's alongside, when I want to say beside mine or next to mine. So
I'm gonna say alongside. So here I'm actually telling you, Park it literally next to mine,
just right there, the next car, so next to my car. So next car after mine should be yours,
that means close beside or next to, so you use the word alongside. Using along would
not make complete sense, park your car along mine. No, you wanna say next to mine. Use
the word alongside that means next to. That's why we say alongside. Now well it's difficult
to cope with work pressure all the time, so it's difficult to cope with work pressure
alongside my other issues. Now here it means together with, I mean imagine so much work
pressure and then you have your personal issues. Dealing with both at the same time becomes
very challenging. So well together with, so here you can use along but that becomes along
with, so the better word to say is alongside. That means parallel y or you know together
with issues. This is how we use alongside in a sentence to show together with, you do
not use with, but alongside means also means together with.
And my last example, The dog ran alongside me all the way. now imagine I wake up every
morning to go for a jog, I try to and when I'm jogging I take my dog for a walk, but
well he ran alongside me. That means next to me, together with me, so I'm running and
I have my dog right next to me running, so he ran alongside me all the way, so if I ran
for say two kilometers, that's what he did alongside me. Next to me or together with
me.
And this is how we use alongside, we use it when you want to say literally close beside,
next to or sometimes you want to say together with, so you don't say alongside with, you
just use the word alongside, because it means together with. This is the small difference
between along and alongside. I hope you find this lesson useful. And I have a small test
for you, please do take the test and let me know your scores. I'll be back soon with a
new lesson. Till then take care and bye.